Charles Betz

Hi, I’ve been playing music since 4th grade, when I started on trumpet. I played brass instruments through high school and got good enough on trombone that my teachers were pushing me to pursue an orchestral career. But I went over the the dark side and started playing guitar.

I took a run at being a professional musician in the ’80s, played in local bands and was in the Jazz Studies program for guitar at North Texas State, but tendinitis detoured my musical dreams. However, I started writing songs as a creative outlet in the ’90s and worked with the music programs at both Lake Harriet Spiritual Community and First Universalist. I was also active in MAS in the 1994-97 time frame.

Now my son is approaching adulthood, my career is reasonably well in hand (knock on wood), and I have more time to get back into music. I’ve got a working home studio with a few songs put together and am continuing to recover my musical abilities, upgrade my singing (which I’ve never been thrilled with), and expand my musical vocabulary.

I’m glad to be back involved in MAS and hope to maintain an ongoing connection here.